GROUNDED

THEORY
Presented by: Estrella, Charias, Forro, Dalisay
• At the end of the session, the students
should
be able to:

a. Understand the core principles of grounded

theory, focusing on deriving theories from da
ta;
and

b. see how grounded theory can be used to

address practical, real-world problems.
• introduced by sociologist Barney Glase
r and
Anselm Strauss in 1960s as a response to the
limitations of traditional positivist approaches
to social research.

• qualitative research methodology that aims to

generate theories based on data that are
grounded in the empirical reality of the
research context.

• was designed to create theories that were

empirically derived from real- world situations.
• it is widely used in sociology, psychology,
management, and other social sciences to study
a wide range of phenomena, such as
organizational behavior, social interaction, and
health care.
Why should you use the • when there is no existing theory that offer an
Grounded Theory ? explanation for a phenomenon that you are
studying.
 Key components of Grounded Theory that
were described in Discovery (1967)

Theoretical Sensitivity
ability of researcher to be analytic. It is
something that grows over time and is
related to “many years of thinking
theoretically” (Glaser and Strauss,
1967,p.46).
01
Constant Comparison
the process of constant comparison
make similarities and differences
among cases apparent.
01
Theoretical sampling
is driven by the developing theory. It
is not determined in advance.

01 Theoretical Saturation
means “no additional data are being
found whereby the sociologist can
develop properties of category” .
The research continues until the
researcher reaches a point of
“saturation”.
 BENEFITS OF GROUNDED
THEORY

Findings are tightly connected to the data

Great for new discoveries
Offers strategies for analysis
Data collection and analysis are streamlined
Buffers against confirmation bias
 1. Difficulty of recruiting
2. Time consuming to collect data
LIMITATIONS OF
3. Challenges in analysis
GROUNDED 4. Ethical Considerations
THEORY 5. Trust and Rapport
Examples
 1. A grounded theory of
how social support
influences physical activity
in adolescent girls
• Constructivist grounded
theory approach
• semi-structured interview
The grounded theory outlines adolescent
girls’ perceptions of how significant others
influence their physical activity and provides
a framework for future research examining
the role of social support on physical activity.
2. Caring of people
affected by tuberculosis:
Grounded Theory
Objective: To understand
how nurses in basic health
care have dealt with the
situations arising from the
process of caring for the
person affected by
tuberculosis
Method: Qualitative research following the
methodological assumptions of the
Grounded Theory. Nineteen nurses
participated in the
study. It was used the in-depth interview.
Data analysis was performed using open,
axial and selective coding using the Atlas ti
software.
Results: It has been shown that in order to
be effective in the treatment, the actions of
the nurses and the ways of dealing with
the circumstances of the care stem from
their concern with the person affected by
tuberculosis. In addition, it is also
considered the situations that permeate
the life of this person, so that it can
achieve healing
and the restoration of their health.
 • De Oliveira Cavalcante, E. F., Vieira da Silva,
D. M. G., Cossi, M. S., Da Silva, F. C.
B., & Cavalcante, C. A. A. (2017, April
References 8). Caring of People Affected by
Tuberculosis: Grounded Theory.
International Archives of Medicine,
10. https://doi.org/10.3823/2368
 • Laird, Y., Fawkner, S., & Niven, A. (2018,
January 1). A grounded theory of
how social support influences
References physical activity in adolescent
girls. International Journal
of Qualitative Studies on Health
and Well-Being, 13(1), 1435099.

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